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[3 Travel Maps]

Three travel maps which are meant to accompany a text about expeditions in the area. The first map shows the north pole and northernmost parts of North America and Greenland; some exploration routes and geographic features are noted. The second map shows exploration and discoveries in the Arctic Sea area with regions and some geographic features noted. The third map is a nautical chart of the Port of Lievely with depths marked in fathoms and some relief of surrounding land marked.

Date: 1855

Creator: Belcher, Edward, Sir, 1799-1877

[1980 census map]

Map of a proposed plan for Dallas census tracks for 1980.

Date: 1980

[Aerial map of Austin, Texas]

An aerial map of Austin, Texas in black and white. The map displays streets, roads and buildings in addition to having Woolridge Park highlighted in yellow.

Date: 199X

L'Amerique meridionale: Dressée sur les Observations de Mrs. de l'Academie Royale des Sciences & quelques autres, & sur les Memoires les Plus recens

Hand-drawn color map of South America in 1708. Countries are shaded in different colors and some paths are marked in color. Bodies of water and geographic features are noted, with relief shown pictorially.

Date: 1722

Creator: L'Isle, Guillaume de, 1675-1726

Battles of Mexico : line of operations of the U.S. Army under the command of Major General Winfield Scott on the 19th and 20th of August, 1847

Hand-drawn map showing U.S. Army battles in Mexico, under Major General Winfield Scott. Several different lines are marked to show different Army divisions.

Date: 1847

Creator: Hardcastle, E. L. F. (Edmund Lafayette), 1824-1899

[Bowles's Geographical Game of the World]

Game board for "Bowles’s Geographical Game of the World" printed with a map of the world. It was meant to be played with multiple players, spinning a teetotum (spinning dice) to move their marker around the map, and to teach players basic facts about different parts of the world.

Date: [1803..1821]

Brazil: Provincial Railroads

Map showing provincial railroads in Brazil as of 1876, indicating (with red ink) those already built, in the process of being built, and projected to be built. Includes 2 tables listing location, length, distance from Rio de Janeiro and other statistics of the railroads.

Date: 1876

Creator: Imperial Instituto Artístico (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

Carte Reduite du Globe Terrestre

Hand-drawn map of the world, circa 1763. The place names are in French with some cities noted as well as geographic features (with relief shown pictorially).

Date: 1763~

Creator: Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1703-1772

Carte Reduite du Golphe du Mexique, et des Isles de l'Amerique.

Map of the Caribbean area in 1774, including some portions of Central America. Some towns and roads are noted as well as depths and other geographic features, with relief shown pictorially.

Date: 1774

Creator: Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1703-1772

A cartograph of Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay : Golden Gate International Exposition

Pictorial map showing the layout of the Golden Gate International Exposition, 1939 - 1940 in San Francisco, California. The map is a bird's-eye view of the exposition area with north oriented in the upper-left. An index to the buildings is included in the lower-left corner. On the reverse, there is an additional index on the left and maps showing enlarged areas of the island as well as routes around the exposition area. The detail maps include the "Pacific Area," "International Court," "La … more

Date: 1940

Creator: Taylor, Ruth

A Chart of the Gulf Stream

Map of the Gulf Stream from Florida and the Bahama Islands at lower left of map, up along the coast of North America, and to Newfoundland and the Grand Banks at upper right of map, as charted by Benjamin Franklin. At left side is text describing the journey from Newfoundland west and south along the Atlantic coast. In the text, "Gulf" is spelled "Gulph" Labrador is labeled as "Land of the Eskimaux's". Inset at upper left is a map of the Atlantic Ocean, showing the Gulf Stream.

Date: 1786

Creator: Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

[Collection of Travel Maps]

Nine maps depicting the travels of the author to accompany his journals. The first map shows routes through parts of the Middle East and Asia with references to the Orenburgh Expedition. The second map shows routes in Northern Europe and parts of Russia, including towns in Prussia, Germany, and the Netherlands. The third map shows various portions of the Volga River in four separate, overlapping insets with nearby towns noted. The fourth map shows an area around the Eastern Ocean including … more

Date: 1762

Creator: Hanway, Jonas, 1712-1786.

Course of the River Mississippi, from the Balise to Fort Chartres: Taken on an Expedition to the Illinois, in the latter end of the Year 1765.

Course of the Mississippi River from the Balise to Fort Chartres based on surveys made by the French. Surrounding geographic features are noted with relief shown pictorially.

Date: June 1, 1775

Creator: Ross, Lieutenant

["Cultures Areas of Africa"]

Photograph of a map of the "Cultures Areas of Africa." A map of Africa has its countries numbered and are listed below the drawing.

Date: 1964/1966

De Cust van Westindien van La Desconoscida tot C. Escondido

Map of the coastline along the western part of the Gulf of Mexico, starting in the south (left) at a point labeled "La Desconoscida" and ending in the north (right) at "C[iudad] Escondido." Segments of the coastline are shaded in red, yellow, and green, with labels for river mouths, ports, islands, and other points along the coast.

Date: 1680

Creator: Roffeveen, Arent, -1679

Location: None

The Delta (Lower Egypt).

Color map of the Lower Egypt Delta in 1898. Includes major roads, cities and towns and some geographical features. Scale 1:1,000,000.

Date: 1898

Creator: Baedeker, Karl.

Detailed Map of the Rev'd Dr. Livingston's Route across Africa

Detailed map showing the Reverend Dr. Livingstone's route across Africa constructed from his astronomical observations with bearings, estimated distances, sketches and notations. It includes settlements, rivers and other topographical features.

Date: 1857

Creator: Arrowsmith, J.

[Directions around UNT campus with Radisson hotel included]

A map of the UNT campus with directions from 35 to the Union. It includes the location of Fouts Field, the Radisson hotel, and a parking garage. There are arrows along the route.

Date: June 2, 2006

Creator: University of North Texas. Multicultural Center.

Location: None

[Educational Outreach Unleashed: UNT Takes Program to Metroplex Schools]

A documented article titled "UNT Takes Program to Metroplex Schools," offering insights into the expansive educational outreach initiatives spearheaded by the University of North Texas (UNT).

Date: 198X

The Environs, or Countries Twenty Miles Round London

Hand-drawn map of 20 counties around London in 1761. Various buildings and features are marked on the map pictorally.

Date: 1761

Creator: Kitchin, Thomas

Europa, secundum legitimas projectionis stereographic︠a︡e regulas et juxta recentissimas observationes ︠a︡eque ac relationes adhibitis qvoq[ue] veterum monumentorum subsidiis

Hand-drawn, color map of Europe as of 1743 with place names, geopolitical borders and some topographical features. Boundaries and features are noted, with relief shown pictorially.

Date: 1743

Creator: Hase, Johann Matthias, 1684-1742

Creator: Neild, James, 1744-1814.